| Yulegoat said: Again, the climate was warmer in Europe around 1000 AD, but the natural forcings alone do NOT explain the observed global change in climate. Here's a pic to show what I mean:
|
I really don't like graphs like that. I mean honestly, it just shows how much we don't know. We weren't even recording atmospheric CO2 until the 1970s, much less any of those other variables.
Or, if you prefer, I can just imagine that the chart is 100% accurate. In that case, the only thing it tells me is we can be polluters for another 100 years and only go up another 1-2 degrees.
Have you ever considered putting that Degrees Celcius on a 0-100 scale, and having it go back 1000 years? It would only flucuate ~1 degree over the past century, compared to the medieval warm period and the little ice age in the 1600s, which were much larger.
Im might be doing some global warming stats with graphs/charts for my geospatial statistics class this summer, I'll post the charts here if I end up doing it.
